acidophile | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophil |
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aerophile | (noun) a lover of aviation | - |
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anglophile | (noun) an admirer of England and things English | Synonyms: anglophil |
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basophile | (noun) a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains | Synonyms: basophil |
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bibliophile | (noun) someone who loves (and usually collects) books | Synonyms: book lover, booklover |
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camachile | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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chile | (noun) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | Synonyms: chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly |
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enophile | (noun) someone who appreciates wine | Synonyms: oenophile |
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eosinophile | (noun) a leukocyte readily stained with eosin | Synonyms: eosinophil |
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haemophile | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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halophile | (noun) archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival | Synonyms: halophil |
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hemophile | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophiliac |
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homophile | (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homosexual |
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meanwhile | (noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another | Synonyms: interim, lag, meantime |
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myrmecophile | (noun) an organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant | - |
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narghile | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe |
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neutrophile | (noun) the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes | Synonyms: neutrophil |
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oenophile | (noun) someone who appreciates wine | Synonyms: enophile |
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paedophile | (noun) an adult who is sexually attracted to children | Synonyms: pedophile |
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pedophile | (noun) an adult who is sexually attracted to children | Synonyms: paedophile |
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spermophile | (noun) any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops | Synonyms: gopher, ground squirrel |
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technophile | (noun) a person who is enthusiastic about new technology | - |
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thermoacidophile | (noun) archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures | - |
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while | (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: patch, piece, spell |
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worthwhileness | (noun) value sufficient to repay time or effort spent | - |
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xerophile | (noun) plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte | Synonyms: desert plant, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant |
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